CRI听力:New Version of MH370 Pilot's Last Words Released

Nothing related to the missing jet has been retrieved so far, as Malaysian authorities release a new version of the last conversation between air traffic control and the cockpit of the flight.

CRI's Tu Yun has more.

Malaysia's Transport Ministry has confirmed that the last words spoken by one of the pilots of missing flight MH370 to the traffic controller were "Good night Malaysian three seven zero".

Previously, the ministry had said the last message was a more casual "All right, good night" from the co-pilot.

The authorities say their forensic investigation to determine whether those last words from the cockpit were spoken by the pilot or co-pilot is ongoing.

A total of 10 aircraft and 11 ships scoured the search area west of Australia on Monday looking for any trace of the flight.

Seven Chinese vessels participated in the mission.

Zhang Bin is the captain of one of the vessels.

"We've been searching in the northern area, as arranged by the Australia authorities. The weather is conducive to the search effort as the visibility is over 10 kilometers. As far as we know, aircraft of other countries are also searching in the area but there haven't been any new discoveries."

Search teams are now towing a pinger-locator, listening for signals from the plane's black box data recorders.

The signals from the flight recorders last about 30 days.

Malaysian acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has once again pledged that Malaysia will not give up hope of finding the remains of the plane.

"And I promise the families that Malaysia, working with our international partners will not give up hope. We will continue with all our efforts to find MH370. This is a promise that Malaysia intends to keep, we will continue searching, and we will keep investigating and we will never give up until we find out what happened to MH370."

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will travel to Perth to see first hand the search operations on Wednesday.

In Beijing, Chinese vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui has met with his Malaysian counterpart, urging the Malaysian side to put in greater effort in the search.

Back in Malaysia, several dozen relatives of the missing Chinese passengers visited a Buddhist temple near Kuala Lumpur to pray for their loved ones.

The family members made a statement, expressing their appreciation to the people of Malaysia and volunteers who have been assisting them.

Meanwhile, they are also demanding answers and more information from the authorities.

A community of Malaysian Chinese also held a candlelight vigil to pray for the passengers and crew of the flight.

Tan Yew-sing is the president of the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly.

"We understand with you. We are together with you in this very difficult moment. We hope you come with me, you see of the candle on your life with hope, and we'll have to make sure the truth will be revealed as soon as possible."

Malaysian authorities have said the government will soon hold a briefing for the families, which will include international experts, to explain the data gathered and methods used in the search operation.

For CRI, I'm Tu Yun.